Top cryptocurrency prices today: Solana, Cardano, Bitcoin and Avalanche gain up to 7%

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Barring stablecoins, the majority of the tokens were trading with gains. Avalanche and Solana zoomed 7 per cent each, whereas Cardano gained 5 per cent. Bitcoin, Ethereum and Polkadot gained 4 per cent each. The global cryptocurrency market cap was trading quite higher at the $1.27 trillion mark, rising more than 3 per cent in the last 24 hours. However, the total cryptocurrency trading volume zoomed over 18 per cent to $51.28 billion.

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